Hello Pinside!

The mission of The New Pinball Dictionary is to gather terms used by the pinball gaming community which may or may not be a part of the official lexicon. Besides, some of these terms are just made-up … ^_^

If you have a suggestion for a nomination to the New Pinball Dictionary, or you would like to support, “second”, or improve something that has already been nominated, please use this forum topic to participate.

Thanks for your contributions!

I had been using ...

Reddit (http://www.reddit.com/r/PinballDictionary/)
Facebook Page (http://www.facebook.com/FunWithBonus)
Facebook Group (http://www.facebook.com/groups/funwithbonus/)
Twitter (http://twitter.com/FunWithBonus)

... as ways for people to post and upvote/downvote terms. However, I want to provide as many ways as possible for pinballers to make suggestions, without having to wait for me to post them. I wonder why I haven't done this before.

Those terms that receive a large amount of support will be promoted to the "Hall of Fame" main page.

http://pinballdictionary.org/

It looks like we are off to a great start!

Pinsider DoubleDanger has some good ideas that need words...

Quoting DoubleDanger:

" ... two things that I would love to know if you have already named:

1. The extra attraction to the drains/outlanes that a ball seems to have immediately after you've been awarded an extra ball. I swear I seem to drain within seconds of my getting an EB about 90% of the time!

2. When a ball drains and rolls backwards far enough up the outlane until it hits a coil switch that activates an outlane ball saver that puts it back into play. For example, I've seen it happen a lot in Firepower. It's like an extreme reverse Lazarus ball, but the kicker back into play makes it extra awesome and makes me think it needs a name! I think this is one of my favorite things to see happen in pinball!

Thanks, and hope you enjoy these! Let me know if you come up with anything clever! "

Part of my reply:

"... #1 is particularly intriguing. I have felt this happen to me and other players often.

For #2, I didn't have anything specific other than putting as one of the sub-categories of bounce back/Lazarus Ball. I agree that it deserves a separate name.

If you have come up with something good before me, let me know. Most of the terms have come from the community."

That's a winner, there. A good synonym for Stereo/Split Drain.
http://funwithbonus.com/new-pinball-dictionary-split-drain-stereo/

I like that this forum topic can also be used get different words that players use to describe similar things.

What would be a good way to handle synonyms, especially for the main page?
http://pinballdictionary.org/

Sometimes, there have been multiple suggestions underneath a main one.
Example: http://funwithbonus.com/new-pinball-dictionary-seal-chimp-gorilla-flipping/

Other times, there have been two separate entries on the main page linking to the one that was suggested first.
Examples: Lazarus vs. Zombie Ball on the main page.

How about just copy-paste-ing the same definition for a synonym, and giving it a separate post and entry? This could mean a separate blog entry as the daily post on the main site: http://funwithbonus.com

Thanks!

I've certainly done this, especially if there's a Grand Champion score to chase that I just couldn't quite reach.

I think "Dead Sip" has some huge potential.

"Avatarred" as a synonym (or possibly the inspiration) for "Travelling."

http://funwithbonus.com/new-pinball-dictionary-travelling/

Don't forget your vice grips!

Thanks for the support, CNKay!

Need something to describe the drain that happens when you try to do a dead flipper pass / bounce pass, but instead the ball lands in that space between the top of the flipper and the bottom of the inlane plastic area.

So the ball hits that area, and it either redirects straight down the middle at high-speed, or it hops up a few inches and arcs down the middle.

Frank Romero suggested the "Bunny Hop."
I sometimes call it a "Joint Drain" because it landed on the joint.

Is that inspired by someone named "Crook" to whom this happens often?

OH WAIT! You mean the crook of your arm? That's not bad.

Plus, "crook" is good because it's related to robbery. It could be said that "Oh, they thought the bounce pass would be fine, but they got robbed by the crook."

Nomination by Chris Compton on facebook:

Peavlered: getting kicked by a player when you are standing too close trying to watch their game. "Brian Dye was way too close to Werdrick. I think he got peavlered."

--I usually try to discourage using proper names ... but this one ...

Another nomination by Chris Compton on facebook:

Clustervuk: when you fire multiple balls into the same vertical upkicker and the game can't get them out.

The Flying Habitrail Monster touches all pinball players.

I've learned that reddit has a "fade" after a time of inactivity. Comments get disabled, but up/down voting remains active.
https://www.reddit.com/r/PinballDictionary/comments/31ame3/barn_dance/

Pinside doesn't fade, does it? It looks like it's time to repost some of them here.

You may be referring to the Stucky Balls group on Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/243501689070308/

New Pinball Dictionary nominations: Up-vote leaders so far (not including my own up-votes)

7-10 Split with 6 up-votes

Clustervuk with 5 up-votes (and 35+ Likes on Facebook) (https://www.facebook.com/groups/funwithbonus/)

Pinagogue with 4 up-votes

JPOP'd with 4 up-votes
(Stay classy, Pinside! )

Peavlered with 0 up-votes
However, there are 26+ Likes on Facebook and video evidence. The lore is always good to have. I usually discourage the use of proper names, but this one has earned special dispensation. Plus, the real live person is cool with it, which helps.

=> Clustervuk scheduled for promotion on November 29th
=> Seeing if 7-10 split and Pinagogue can get more support.

Danger Zone

1) That moment of time immediately after an aggressive save when everyone is watching the screen flash "DANGER", "DANGER DANGER", and wondering if it'll tilt or be safe.

2) The subsequent game state where you have to play super carefully because you know any further move will tilt you out. Obviously extra potent on games with big bonus, or when trying to make a ball 3 comeback.

Nominated by: Joe Schober
Supported by 18+ "Likes" on the Fun With Bonus Facebook Group

Example for reference: PAPA 18 Zach Sharpe v. Robert Gagno on Star Trek Pro
Time index: 3h 45m 15s

Other synonyms nominated:
"Working Without a Net" - Keith Elwin
"Borrowed Time" - Brian J Teyssier
"(Flipping) On Thin Ice" - Greg Poverelli
"Playing With House Money" - Colin MacAlpine

That hat makes "Clustervuk" feel to me like it could be a sponsor for an auto race.

"Welcome to the Clustervuk 500!"

"You don't get rich writing science fiction. If you want to get rich, you start a religion." -- L. Ron Hubbard

From reddit user ManicFrizz:

Nintendo

Where upon winning a game you enter someone else's initials. For example, Many people enter NES initials to show they are thinking about Neil Shatz, although this works for any initials, the popularity of Neil Shatz and his Nintendo initials started it all. Thank you NES

I will neither confirm nor deny the use of these words during games of The Walking Dead.

From Evan Bingham:

Back Door Kickback

When there's a center drain, and the ball rolls up the left apron and gets kicked back into play after hitting the left outlane switch